pumpkin
- noun
- B2
- Top 5000
A large round vegetable with hard orange skin, soft orange flesh and flat seeds inside.
We grew three huge pumpkins in the garden this year.
She cut the pumpkin in half and scooped out the seeds.
Roasted pumpkin with garlic makes a really warming winter soup.
The children carved faces into pumpkins for the autumn party.
Common collocations: carve a pumpkin · pumpkin soup · pumpkin pie · pumpkin seeds · roast pumpkin · giant pumpkin
Part of: Vegetables, The garden, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- pumpkins